SCI Annual Hunters’ Convention to be Held in Las Vegas, Nevada for the Next Seven Years
Safari Club International 06.24.13
Safari Club International, the world’s preeminent organization for hunters, has announced the dates of its next seven Annual Hunters’ Conventions. All of them will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“We are excited to be able to hold the SCI Annual Hunters’ Convention in Las Vegas for the next seven years,” said Craig Kauffman, President of SCI. “Las Vegas is a great convention town. The combination of outstanding facilities and ease of travel in and out of Las Vegas make it the perfect place for our members to gather.”
Six of the next seven Conventions will be headquartered out of Las Vegas, Nevada’s exquisite Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino. The 2014 convention will be held February 5-8, the 2015 convention will be held February 4-7, 2015, the 2016 convention February 3-6, 2016, the 2017 convention February 1-4, 2017, the 2019 convention February 6-9, and the 2020 convention February 5-8.
The 2018 convention will be held January 31-February 3 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, with the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino as the headquarters hotel and location of evening banquets.
“The 2014 event is already shaping up to be one of the most exciting events SCI has ever held,” said Kauffman. “Dubbed The Biggest and the Best, the convention is a yearly can’t miss gathering of hunters, conservationists, guides and outfitters from around the world.”
For more information, to join or register, visit www.showsci.org or call 1-888-746-9724.
Protecting hunters’ rights and promoting wildlife conservation, SCI’s two areas of focus, historically has been the interest of hundreds of individuals long before SCI was established. But how did SCI as an organization begin?
Forty years ago, there were many safari clubs across the country made up of local, unaffiliated groups of hunters. One such was Safari Club of Los Angeles, which was formed in April 1971 by forty-seven individuals. In early 1972, an out-of-towner from a similar club in Chicago attended one of the monthly Wednesday night meetings, and it was decided that the L.A. club should attempt to combine with the one in Chicago to make it an affiliated chapter. The founder of Safari Club of Los Angeles, C.J. McElroy, went to the Windy City and instituted the new chapter.
Eleven months after the formation of Safari Club of Los Angeles, on March 9, 1972, the name was changed officially to Safari Club International. SCI continued to reach out to other independent safari clubs throughout the United States in an effort to combine them into a single overall organization.
Today, interest in SCI’s two primary missions has grown a worldwide network. Subsequent involvement and promotion of these missions is rooted in each of our 55,000 members, supported through each of our 190 membership chapters found across the globe, and put into action by government representatives and personnel both nationally and internationally.
In this way, we can encourage an appreciation for nature and wildlife so that conservation efforts remain strong, while also fighting to protect our rich hunting heritage. Big changes can be achieved through the endeavors of many who are united in a mission – the mission of Safari Club International.
